Welimada Electoral District

Welimada electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Welimada in Badulla District, Uva Province. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for electing members of Parliament. The existing 160 mainly single-member electoral districts were replaced with 22 multi-member electoral districts.[1] Welimada electoral district was replaced by the Badulla multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, though Badulla continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

 Independent    Sri Lanka Freedom Party    United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 K. D. Sugathadasa Bambarapane M.B.
1952 K. M. P. Rajarathna
1956 K. M. P. Rajarathna
1960 (March) K. M. P. Rajarathna
1960 (July) K. M. P. Rajarathna
1965 Percy Samaraweera
1970 R.M Bandara
1977 Percy Samaraweera
1989 Ravindra Samaraweera

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. D. Sugathadasa
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

Source[2]

1952 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Bambarapane M.B
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1956 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. M. P. Rajarathna
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. M. P. Rajarathna
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. M. P. Rajarathna
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1965 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Percy Samaraweera
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1970 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R.M Bandara
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1977 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Percy Samaraweera
R.M Bandara
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1988 Bi-Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Ravindra Samaraweera United National Party
S.A.R Madduma Bandara Sri Lanka Freedom party
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

References

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